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You know the feeling - “I am just too tired.”  Too tired to do the best at work.  Too tired to do the best for your sweet family.  And certainly too tired to do the best for yourself.​

Your energy, “your get-up-and-go”, has, as the old saying goes, “got up and went.”.  Where to find the energy to go on?

Believe it or not, it’s in your courage.  It’s in your mind.  Your mind’s thoughts of courage, of feeling better, of gratitude will get you through.  It’s a choice.  Truly.  

First think thoughts of “I can.” (That’s your courage at work.)

Then start thinking thoughts of gratitude:  

Gratitude that you can swing your legs out of that bed in the morning.  (Some people have to stay in their beds - or wheelchairs.)  

Gratitude that you have a shower and clean clothes.  (Some people are living without running water.)  

Gratitude that you have things to do.  

Gratitude that you can read.  

Gratitude that you can be better.  You can!  You absolutely can!

“When we improve ourselves, we put the heavenly part of our being to work.  That is how we direct the Fates.”  ~ Wally Carr

When your thoughts are of your gratitude, they are POWERFUL.  Your energy is comin’ back.  You are doing it!!

To energy!
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Why You Should Read All the Time (at least 10 pages a day!)

- to increase your focus
- to spend time wisely
- to gain perspective
- to be reflective
- you will set goals
- to improve your writing and speaking skills
- to increase your memory
- to be more interesting to other people
- to stay fresh
- to be educated and informed
- to relax
- to boost your creativity
- to enhance what you know
- to level up!

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none... ZERO."   ~ Charlie Munger

“Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.” ~ Jim Rohn

“The book you don’t read won’t help!” ~ Jim Rohn

“It’s never too late to start. It’s always too late to wait.” ~ Jeff Olson

You want ideas?  Good books?

You Can If You think You Can    by Norman Vincent Peale

The Power of the Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy

You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World - Your Success  by George Matthew Adams​

Please, please send me your great book ideas!  I’m so up for them!!
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Our minds and egos are amazingly capable of convincing us.   Unfortunately, most of the convincing is in the negative realm.  

As   Jim Rohn  liked to say, “Success (having a truly happy wonderful life) is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure, joy or despair.” 

That decision about one “little dessert,” “one extra little bite,” one day’s exercise, spending rather than investing some money, are all chances to make choices in the success realm or the failure realm.

Make it your habit that your decisions will be in the positive direction, that your simple disciplines will take you to your happiness.

Think of how you’ll feel about yourself after a day of great decisions and simple disciplines!

Think, “I am taking responsibility. I am aware that there is something I can do to keep moving upward.  And I will do it!”

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better!”  ~ Jim Rohn

Let’s get better together.

Love,
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° Believe in others and then help them become better than they think they are!

° Be compassionate and understanding.
° Look for the best in people.

° Light the way.

° Understand.

° Talk happiness to every person you meet.

° Use your problems as gifts that make you great.
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° Never give up.

Practice gratitude every morning and every evening until it becomes almost every moment of your life.Together, we can...
  • transform our world.

L’Chaim!!   To Life!!   Viva!!
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“For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.” 
   ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Some happy habits to take on:

Let gratitude surround you. 

Let joy be your traveling companion. 

Let your day bring people who need you and your ability to help.  

Let peace be in your waking up and in your day’s busy-ness.  

Let compassion walk with you.  ​

All is well,
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What could happen if your dreams were bigger? 

​What if you took your dreams and lifted them up - and up?  


What habits could be better?  What actions could be bolder?  How good could you feel?  
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Who could you help today? 

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Set yourself up for success!  Choose a dream and magnify it.  Then think of 2 or 3 actions you will take to move you toward that dream.  And take the actions.  Today.  

Can you do it?    Will you do it?

How good will success feel?​

Go for it!
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Today is the day you have.​

Share your gifts from God.  Share your time.  Give your love without measure.

“Begin to live as though your prayers are already answered.”     ~ Tony Robbins

Do what you can do - and it will be enough. If you get tired.  It’s ok.  God gave us sleep to rejuvenate and restore.

Do what you can do - It will turn out that it is very very good!  In fact, you’ll do even better than you thought.

Share your compassion with everyone.  Enjoy your loved ones immensely.  Breathe. Laugh. Feel your overflowing gratitude.

Life will be even more spectacular than you pictured!!  Start living spectacularly now.

To life and love,
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Living in our   Earth suits and through our   Egos,  our journey on this earth to which we come   to learn and grow gives us challenge.


Some E’s that make it   Easier, bEttEr, and grEatEr:

• Encouragement
• Enjoying 
• hEalth
• hElping
• abundancE
• lovE

...and of course,    icE crEam!

Make it an   extraordinary wEEk!

Love,
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Know that
  • Everything that has happened was supposed to happen - proof?  It happened.
  • Every decision you made was supposed to be that way.  
  • Your emotion of sadness, loneliness come from fear.
  • What you are most fearful of, is the unknown.
  • Better things are waiting for you.
  • Your destiny awaits. ​
Keep your eyes up and forward. Looking back will keep you in fear.  Of course you are afraid - you can only see the past!  Looking up and forward will take you to your destiny.  As you walk forward, the path appears.  Did you ever realize it is your steps that make the path?  

Keep taking the next step. One at a time.  

One step at a time.

It’s glorious, this life,
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"It's not in constantly chasing the things that we think we want that leads to a sense of 'enoughness'. It is rather, the practice of gratitude for what we already have that makes our life feel full."  -- Julie Ann Cairnes
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"Use your problems, you gifts that make you dig out and figure out who you are, what you're made for and what you're responsible for giving." -- Tony Robbins
As we grow together, making people feel special and seeing life as fantastic, we start to see each situation, each moment in a precious light.

When we replace our expectations with gratitude, we experience magnificent outcomes and miracles.

“It’s not in constantly chasing the things that we think we want that leads to a sense of ‘enoughness’.  It is rather, the practice of gratitude for what we already have that makes our life feel full.”      ~ Julie Ann Cairnes

When you realize and know you are the exact person, with both strengths and weaknesses, that you are supposed to be, you will know you can fulfill your purpose through lifelong learning and personal growth.  

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During your continual improvement, you are not only becoming your magnificent self, but also help others become greater and happier as well. 


"Use your “problems, your  gifts  that make you dig out and figure out who you are, what you’re made for and what you’re responsible for giving.”      ~ Tony Robbins

Joy awaits!   
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Dr Chris Baker

America's most-trusted teacher of orthodontic continuing education, Dr. Chris Baker has practiced and taught for more than 30 years, and is a current or former faculty member of three U.S. dental schools.  She is a pediatric dentist, author, blogger, dental practice consultant, and mentor.  Dr. Chris is also Past President and Senior Instructor of the American Orthodontic Society.  She is based in Texas, USA, but lectures around the world.

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